1960-64 My dad's discarded Wilson Jack Kramer Speed Flex Fiber Face wood racquets, with red and blue colored string through the mains near the throat, so that you could spin the racquet and choose rough or smooth (instead of up or down). Don't forget to put it in its brace and tighten it, or it will warp in the closet!

Whenever I started playing: Prince Quake XLT (Recreational Racuqet)
One year after starting: Wilson Hammer 6.2 OS Stretch
For half a year after above: Head i.Prestige MP XL
For a year after above: Wilson Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 Std (12.8oz)
Currently: Head Pro Tour 280 (13oz.) and messing around with a pair of Fischer Pro. Number 1 320g version

Yonex MP Tour-1 (Loved it, except the weight as a beginner...)
Head Instinct (No spin but good power and lower weight)
Head LM Radical MP (Stiff, harsh and caused wrist pain after a while)
Yonex RDX500MID (sold prematurely due to thinking I was going to go for a Slazenger X1...)
Slazenger X1 (No power, great feel, but to demanding for me really...)
Head i.prestige MP

Would ideally like to try Yonex MP Tour-1 MID, but cant get em! I loved the MP except for the slightly powerful stringbed and limited manouverability. Have settled for now on i.prestige, unless I get elbow/wrist problems as some people have had - but otherwise will be sticking with it for the next 18-24months and concentrate on my game. :-)

German Tennis Instructor

10-31-2004 03:02 AM

1pro staff junior
wilson stretch hammer 6.1 i believe
voelkl tour 10mp which is a really good racket.
i tried the babolat aero tour pro but in my eyes it sucked. very little controll!
head lm prstige mp. good racket

now: head prestige classic! best racket i've used in my life. i will definitively stick with it.

lovethegame

10-31-2004 04:06 AM

i see a bunch of you have the lm radical mp, what do you think about it?

Late 1980's when I first started playing tennis- Head graphite Director

1990-2003- Huge gap of no tennis :cry:

2003 Wilson Prostaff 6.6 OS. - Way too light and flimsy

current racquet Wilson Surge leaded up to 12.1 oz

Feņa14

10-31-2004 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmlasam

2003 to current and back to POG 80s model, still using the pog i learned tennis on when I was 8 years old. ;) I went full circle.

Exactly the same as me, I went back to the racket that I learnt to play with as a 4/5 year old. I have no regrets at all, although that SRD Tour 90 is something a bit special. You also can't beat the feel and precision of the PC 600.

During 2001 and 2002 I tried a bunch of different rackets as I looked for a replacement for the RD-7. The ones listed above are those I used for any significant length of time. Eventually settled on the PC 600 and plan to use it for a long time.

EZV

10-31-2004 08:36 AM

let's see: started playing around 1994 - with some russian tennis racket

eventually switched to some fischer racket (can't remember the name), but sold it after a couple of months of abuse cause i found it a little heavy for me

got a HEAD Pro Lite Tour around mid- 1996, played with it till around 2001 when I cracked the frame (I've never seen one of these rackets in the US, it was a pretty good frame)

(moved to the US in late 1997)

got a Yonex RD-7 around 2000-2001, played with only a couple of times, it was too heavy for me

decided to get a Fischer pro #1, played with it for several years

got a HEAD LM Radical OS, played with it several times and didn't really like it

got a HEAD Radical Tour OS a couple of months ago and have been playing with it since